Department of Methodology of Recreation, Poznan University of Physical Education, 61871 Poznań, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 May 15;16(10):1710. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16101710.
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between the physical activity (PA) undertaken by two groups of residents living in Poland and Norway, and projects run by their respective local authorities. A secondary goal is to determine PA levels in the studied social groups. Two representative groups (one from each country) were examined using a diagnostic survey, supported by questionnaires and interviews. The Polish cohort consisted of 382 respondents who were residents of 11 municipalities in the Kalisz district of the Greater Poland voivodship. The Norwegian cohort was made up of 378 residents of 8 Indre Sogn municipalities from the Sogn og Fjordane region. Norwegians are twice as physically active as Poles and assess their municipal sport and recreation facilities to be much better. There is no statistically significant relationship between Polish and Norwegian PA levels in the two studied groups and their positive views on the impact of their local governments' projects to promote PA. Statistically significant correlations occurred between the frequency of PA undertaken, the time pattern of class unit, MET level (metabolic equivalent) and the declared use of the sport and recreation facilities of the two communities. Both groups are more willing to be active outdoors than indoors and thus municipal authorities should take particular care about the state of outdoor sports and recreation infrastructure. An innovative and original action model is presented to assist local authorities in their attempts to raise PA levels in their communities.
本文旨在评估波兰和挪威两组居民的身体活动（PA）与各自地方当局开展的项目之间的关系，并确定研究社会群体中的 PA 水平。使用诊断调查，辅以问卷和访谈，对两个代表性群体（每个国家一个）进行了检查。波兰队列由来自大波兰省卡利什地区 11 个直辖市的 382 名受访者组成。挪威队列由来自松恩和菲尤拉讷地区因德雷松 8 个直辖市的 378 名居民组成。挪威人比波兰人活跃两倍，他们对市政体育和娱乐设施的评价要好得多。在两个研究组中，波兰和挪威的 PA 水平之间以及他们对地方政府促进 PA 项目的积极看法之间没有统计学上的显著关系。在参与 PA 的频率、班级单位的时间模式、MET 水平（代谢当量）和两个社区宣布使用体育和娱乐设施之间存在统计学上显著的相关性。这两个群体都更愿意在户外而不是在室内活动，因此地方当局应特别注意户外体育和娱乐基础设施的状况。提出了一种创新和原创的行动模式，以帮助地方当局在提高社区 PA 水平方面做出努力。
